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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017 What are you doing for the eclipse? “Not sure yet.” “I’m just going to hope to see it and look up. It’ll be great to see it — from any angle would be really fasci- nating.” Felicia Roberts, Astoria THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK More than 50,000 no longer eligible for Oregon Health Plan Sandra Jean Norgaard Caregiver May 15, 1948 — Aug. 10, 2017 State required to check status every year Sandi Norgaard, born May 15, 1948, in shouting out, at 5 p.m., “Tracy, Thor, dinner- Astoria, Oregon, passed away Aug. 10, 2017, time!” All the kids scattered, but met up after after a brief battle with cancer, at the age of dinner until the street lights came on. 69 at Clatsop Care Center in Astoria, Oregon. She had a special passion for the elderly. She married Jon Norgaard in She wanted to make sure their 1968; they later divorced. They had quality of life was the best it could two children, Tracy (Gary) Hard- be, and was a very hard worker, ester and Thor (Kirsten) Norgaard. and dedicated to her job, and never She has two grandchildren, Faith and late. She worked for 17 years at Tristan Norgaard; two step-grand- Clatsop Care Center as a certifi ed sons, Randy and Adam Hardester; nursing assistant , medical assistant and two great-grandchildren, Willow and resident assistant . She worked and Avery Hardester. at multiple facilities around the She was preceded in death by her county, including Crestview, sister, Sharon Larson of Spencer, Astor House, Neawanna by the Sandra Iowa; her parents, Clarence Hosler Sea and numerous home health Norgaard and Lila Bumala; and Harry Lofgren, care jobs. Her co-workers, fam- her stepfather who raised her. ily and friends will miss her feisty She graduated from Astoria High School straight forward fl air for the truth. in 1966. She loved watching her kids play The family is deeply grateful for the out- sports, and was always at their games, cheer- pouring of love, prayer and support in many ing them on. She liked to watch her Portland heart felt forms. Trail B lazers with her cat Dallas (not named There will be a potluck celebration of life for the Cowboys). She truly was a sports on Sunday, Aug. 20, at 1 p.m. at the Amer- mom! ican Legion, 1132 Exchange St., in Astoria, She was known on Denver Street for her Oregon. By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA THURSDAY FRIDAY 55 Areas of low clouds ALMANAC Mostly cloudy Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 55/68 Tillamook 54/67 First Full Aug 29 Salem 57/83 Newport 53/65 Coos Bay 55/70 Last Sep 5 Sep 12 Ontario 58/90 Bend 49/87 Burns 43/85 Klamath Falls 49/87 The Daily Astorian Lakeview 48/87 Ashland 59/95 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 4:24 a.m. 4:05 p.m. Low -0.1 ft. 2.4 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 85 86 74 85 66 86 94 84 65 69 Today Lo 46 49 58 54 56 49 60 55 53 55 W s s pc s pc s s s pc pc Hi 85 87 73 83 65 87 97 82 65 69 Thu. Lo 41 49 56 52 57 49 60 53 51 54 W s s s pc c s s pc pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 76 88 80 90 85 68 82 87 80 92 SALEM — More than 51,000 people may have received state health bene- fi ts despite no longer quali- fying for them, according to records provided by Gov. Kate Brown’s offi ce this week. As of Aug. 7, 51,034 Ore- gon Health Plan patients have been determined no longer eli- gible for the program, but it’s not clear how long they may have been receiving benefi ts without qualifying. The Oregon Health Plan is the state’s Medicaid pro- gram and provides health care to the poor and other quali- fying groups. About 1 mil- lion Oregonians receive cov- erage through the program, which Oregon signifi cantly expanded under the federal Affordable Care Act. Under federal law, the state is required to check Medicaid patients’ eligibility every year, but Oregon has fallen behind. The state is transitioning to a new “integrated eligibil- ity” system that offi cials say will make doing the annual redeterminations for the Oregon Health Plan and other government benefi ts Today Lo 52 57 58 60 57 55 55 56 56 55 W s s s s s pc s s s s Hi 77 87 79 91 83 66 83 85 78 90 Thu. Lo 52 56 56 58 56 56 57 53 54 56 W pc s pc s pc c s s pc s Campfi res and open fl ames will be prohibited on all state beaches beginning today . Oregon State Parks announced the indefi nite ban mainly due to high fi re danger but also because of the mas- W pc s pc pc r pc s c pc t t s pc c pc t t pc t s t s pc s pc Thu. Hi Lo 91 75 79 65 83 67 85 57 83 61 83 69 96 70 60 43 89 75 86 69 84 61 102 79 79 63 89 75 92 81 90 75 92 77 81 72 91 69 86 73 89 69 91 66 74 59 75 57 87 76 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t pc pc t pc t s c pc t pc s pc pc pc pc t pc pc pc pc s pc pc t Roby’s can help. Lift chairs starting at $599. Side pocket to keep remote control handy at all times Battery support ensures lift mechanism works for one cycle without electricity. Available in a wide selection of fabrics and special-order fabrics ZERO GRAVITY device that supports legs, back, and neck Astoria - (503) 325-1535 1555 Commercial • www.robysfurniture.com sive number of people visiting the state for Monday’s total solar eclipse, Nehalem Bay State Park Ranger Ben Cox said. While a number of rang- ers will head south Monday to assist at parks located inside the eclipse’s path of totality, By KAELIA NEAL The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — The Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District received a $9,030 grant and a generous donation of $50,000 . The F ire D istrict applied for the V olunteer F ire a ssis- tance grant in April through the Oregon Department of Forestry. The grant aids fi re depart- ments in rural areas in improving their protection capabilities. By completing 602 in-kind match training hours, the fi re d istrict matched the grant for a total project cost of $18,060 . “It will help us fi ght some of these fi res in the wild land area — anything outside the city limits,” Fire C hief Matt Benedict said. T he fi re d istrict also received a donation of $50,000 from the John Harrington Trust. Harrington was a resi- DEATHS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Need a Lift? weekly updates on the eli- gibility numbers since mid- May, when a warning from the state’s top auditor brought more public scrutiny to the fact that the qualifi cations of thousands of people in Ore- gon’s program remained unclear. The Medicaid eligibility issues have been seemingly overshadowed by recent news that the state’s health agency had developed plans earlier this year to publicly discredit FamilyCare, a Portland-area Medicaid provider. Last week, Brown asked the health agency’s director, Lynne Saxton, to resign in the wake of news that Saxton had apparently approved of aspects of the plan or directed staff to develop the plan. How- ever, it is not clear how much of the public-relations strat- egy, which ranged from infl u- encing legislators to connect- ing disgruntled FamilyCare patients, was implemented. Saxton’s last day is Aug. 31. Meanwhile, the chairman of the state Senate General Government and Account- ability Committee, state Sen. Chuck Riley, D-Hillsboro, says he plans to call the Ore- gon Health Authority before the committee to testify in September. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian pub- lishes paid obituaries. The obit- uary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a flag sym- bol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 10 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctua- tion and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. Obituaries and notices may be submitted online at www.dailyastorian.com/forms/ obits, by email at ewilson@ dailyastorian.com, placed via the funeral home or in person at The Daily Astorian office, 949 Exchange St. in Astoria. For more information, call 503- 325-3211, ext. 257. some will stay behind to mon- itor beaches along the North Coast. Cox also warned beach- goers to stay away from the shorelines during the eclipse as high and low tides may swiftly rise and lower by as much as 9 feet Monday morning. Cannon Beach gets fi re grant, donation TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES more straightforward. The state is still working through what it says is a fi nal group of about 115,000 people who have yet to be re-checked and moved to the new eligibil- ity system. As of Aug. 7, 51,034 people out of that group of 115,233 people have been found ineligible, which is about 44 percent. Typically, every year, about a quarter of Oregon Health Plan patients are found to be no longer eligible for the program, according to health agency offi cials. The agency has said the 115,233 patients have com- plex characteristics and that their rates of continued eligi- bility may not adhere to typ- ical patterns. In other words, agency offi cials maintain that it is diffi cult to predict how many more people of that group may be determined ineligible for the program. The agency has 11,686 more people to process by Aug. 31, the deadline the gov- ernor has given it to fi nish the redetermination work. Two spokesmen for the Oregon Health Authority did not respond to a request for comment by deadline Tuesday on the fi gures, which were cur- rent as of Aug. 7 and provided to the EO Media Group/Pam- plin Media Group by the G ov- ernor’s O ffi ce on Monday. The agency has been pro- viding the governor with Campfi res prohibited at state beaches Baker 46/85 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 91 82 85 76 82 84 95 62 88 88 85 99 77 89 92 90 89 87 90 88 90 89 72 78 89 John Day 51/86 La Grande 51/85 Roseburg 60/91 Brookings 58/76 Tonight's Sky: Aug. 21: The 62-mile-wide umbra shadow of totality will pass over Depoe Bay, Salem, Madras and Lime. Outside of the umbra shadow, Portland, Eugene and Bend will have a 99 percent partial eclipse. Today Lo 75 62 72 55 67 68 69 47 72 74 67 78 62 77 80 75 76 68 69 69 76 66 59 58 74 Prineville 47/88 Lebanon 56/84 Medford 60/97 UNDER THE SKY High 6.3 ft. 8.5 ft. Pendleton 57/87 The Dalles 61/88 Portland 58/79 SUN AND MOON City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC 67 53 Partly sunny; areas of fog early Mostly cloudy Eugene 54/83 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:23 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:17 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 1:01 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 4:08 p.m. Time 10:44 a.m. 10:10 p.m. SUNDAY 66 54 REGIONAL WEATHER Precipitation Tuesday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.37" Normal month to date ....................... 0.42" Year to date .................................... 50.04" Normal year to date ........................ 37.36" Aug 21 69 55 Mostly cloudy Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 70°/47° Normal high/low ........................... 69°/53° Record high ............................ 89° in 1919 Record low ............................. 45° in 1982 New SATURDAY 68 56 Ginger Reneque, Astoria James King, Renton, Washington OBITUARY TONIGHT “We’re (she and her husband, Tom) going to Tillamook or Forest Grove. I don’t think we can see it as well here.” dent of Cannon Beach . A portion of the donation — $31,428 — is being used to purchase the Zoll Med- ical X Series monitor and defi brillator. “It (the monitor) helps with the standardization of equip- ment between the two agen- cies — the fi re department and medic’s ambulance,” Benedict said. “This monitor will allow me to use my paramedic skills to its full abilities,” he said. LOTTERIES Aug. 15, 2017 JOHNSON, Michael Alan, 63, of Hammond, died in Ham- mond. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. JAMESON, George Dwayne, 81, of Warrenton, died in Scappoose. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crematory in Asto- ria/Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS THURSDAY Cannon Beach Parks and Community Services Committee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Cannon Beach Design Review Board, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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